From Waterfront Toronto — Plans for protecting and revitalizing the Port Lands

.@WaterfrontTO lays out their plans for protecting and revitalizing the Port Lands http://t.co/0DGPakHq40 pic.twitter.com/oBIODLbASi

— Park People (@Park_People) October 1, 2015

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Waterfront Toronto development to create 2,000 plus jobs—100% privately funded

Post by Nanaimo Commons.

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New @WaterfrontTO + Port Lands video Via @GraphicMatt

New @WaterfrontTO hype video concludes with a snazzy Port Lands render. https://t.co/w3ufLXl8IS pic.twitter.com/6IbOy4rFzH

— Matt Elliott (@GraphicMatt) November 7, 2014

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From @archpaper —Michael Van Valkenburgh’s new Toronto park is a stormwater treatment plant in disguise

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) has taken its talents up north to Canada with the new Corktown Common park in Toronto. The 18-acre public space—which is part of the burgeoning, 80-acre West Don Lands neighborhood—was created with Arup and developed by Waterfront Toronto, the government-funded corporation spearheading the revitalization of the city’s waterfront. Tead more: A/N Blog . Michael Van Valkenburgh’s new Toronto park is a stormwater treatment plant in disguise

From The Globe and Mail — Shored Up: How Toronto's Waterfront Redevelopment is Going Right

On Unwin Avenue in Toronto’s port lands, the ground looks like a blank canvas: it’s largely a scrubland of asphalt and sumacs, punctuated by a power plant. The skyline of downtown shimmers like a mirage, but it’s just four kilometres away.

From here, it’s clear why governments see this area of the waterfront as ripe for development, and why the public agency Waterfront Toronto was created in 2001 to make that happen. But as the agency’s CEO John Campbell explains, it’s not as simple as it looks. “All the land south of Front Street is landfill,” said Mr. Campbell in an interview this week. “It’s all brownfield” – former industrial land, often contaminated – Read more: ”Shored up: How Toronto's waterfront redevelopment is going right - The Globe and Mail

From Urban Toronto — Waterfront Toronto Officially Opens Corktown Common

Downtown Toronto's newest park has seen an overwhelmingly positive reception since its soft opening last Summer, and after a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning, the 18 acre Corktown Common is now officially open at Bayview and River Streets in the West Don Lands. With plenty of green space and over 700 trees as well as thousands of shrubs and aquatic plants, Corktown Common offers a diverse, ecologically rich habitat for visitors to walk, bike or just enjoy the sunshine. Read more: Waterfront Toronto Officially Opens Corktown Common | Urban Toronto

From Urban Toronto —The Canary District: Toronto Gets a New Neighbourhood in 2016

Toronto will see something extraordinary happen in the West Don Lands in 2016: a whole neighbourhood will be born over the course of about six months. Starting that March residents will begin to arrive, and by the time the new school year hits in September 2016, 3,000 people will live, work, shop, eat and play in a number of new buildings stretching across several blocks. There will be shops, restaurants, a park, a main street promenade, public art, a great park, and even a new TTC streetcar service. Read more: The Canary District: Toronto Gets a New Neighbourhood in 2016 | Urban Toronto